

You can keep them private if you'd like too. Previously, you could only browse all that content separately and add it to your own Flipboard now you are able to group it into your own magazine, which you can title and share with others. RELATED: Facebook News Feed Redesigned with Larger Images and Different Feeds You can select those and populate your magazine with that content. Want to create a visually rich digital magazine about, say, the Caribbean? You can search for the term "Caribbean" through the app, then view feeds of photos and text updates from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and media outlets that cover the topic. Of course it doesn't hurt that products-as-content provide direct revenue.Ĭheck out the video above for our interview with McCue.Flipboard has always allowed you to see news from your favorite sources and friends on social media in a visually rich app, but the newest update can make you your own digital magazine publisher.Īn update released for the app last night adds a host of new features, including the ability to create a magazine of your own based on your interests or favorite news sources. The idea is to have to platform be able to accomodate any kind of content that people are interested in. McCue says that products for Flipboard are in many ways like any other content. Others such as Pinterest and Wanelo are also going after this "product-as-content" sector. This is a potential business in and of itself if Flipboard was an ecommerce company, but it's not. However, McCue says products on Flipboard are a potential source of revenue.

Flipboard does not take a cut of these transactions, Etsy says. The integration means that they can buy from Etsy without even leaving Flipboard. People can flip through Etsy products as they would a product catalog. Rolling Stone, for example, has made one about the Beatles, which repurposes old articles, as well as music and other content.įlipboard, which has raised $60 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures and others, has also added Etsy so that people can flip through Etsy products and buy them from within Flipboard. Publishers can also create their own specific magazines. Flipboard will also highlight these user magazines in its content guide of topics that it curates.

When people interact with their magazines, the magazine creator will get notifications. People can now follow these user-generated magazines they like, just as they can follow other content on Flipboards.
